Improved tent bedstead



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.-....... M Imm @nitro ftates latent @fficey A. D. MCCOY, 0F NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. Letlrrs .Patent 1Y0. 62,049, dated li'ebl'uarg/ 12, 1867.

IMPROVED TENT BBDSTEAD.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COXCERN:

Be it known that I, A. D. MCCOY. of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, have invented a new and improved Tent Bedstead and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of' this specification.

This invention relates principally to the combination with a. camp bedstezrd, so called, of an upright framing, attached to and resting upon the framing of said bedstead, for the reception of a canopy or tent covering, made of canvas or any of the ordinary materials used for tents or for other similar purposes, which framing is to be so put together as to enable it to he readily set up and taken down at pleasure, so as to be made ready for transportation when so desired. In accompanying plate of drawings my improvements are illustrated- Figure 1 being an end view of the camp hedstcad audits tent frame. Y

Figure 2 an elevation of une side of the same.

Similar letters of' reference indicate like parts.

A, in the drawings, represents a camp bedstead which may be oiany of the ordinary constructions or forms, having an adjustable head rest or portion, B, which can, be either raised or lowered by properly turning the frame c, under the same. At or near each end of the bedstea'l frame, and inserted in the side strips a a, of the frame. is' a similar upright post,b, between which, at. their uppe` ends, both across and in the direction of the length of the bed-frame, respectively extend connecting Stringer or stretcher-rods, c c and d d, resting at or near ach end by proper-shaped joints upon the vertical inclined rods, d2 cF, intersecting each other midway across the width of the bcdstead, the crotches of which thus formed being connected by a. Stringer-beam or rod, g, rx'tending from one to the other, around which rod, at each end and over the side stringers d d before referred to, passing to the ground upon each side of the bedstead, extends a suitable cord, I, fastened at each end to a pin, m, driven in the ground, by tightening which ends in any proper manner the said tent fra-ming will be firmly bound and held together, without the use of a screw, rivet, nail, or other similar fastening device, as is obvious without further explanation, thereby enabling the framing to be set up and taken down with great readiness and dispatch, while at the same time a. fra-me attached to a camp bedstead, and suitable for the reception or" a tent covering, is provided, the importance and advantages of which in the operations of an army or for hospital use are obvious.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The bedstead A. having adjustable head-rest B. operated by the frame f), supporting the uprights b, with connecting stretcher-rods c al, bearing the inclined rod d2, which intersect and form crotchesf, on which rests the beam g, constructed and operating aS described for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 22d day of November, 1865.

l A. D. MCCOY. Witnesses:

M. M. Livlxnsrox, C. L. Torun'. 

